전쟁, 국가, 남성 히스테리- 아틸라 일한(Attila Ilhan)의 『회상(Yaraya Tuz Basmak)』을 중심으로

Abstract

War, Nation, Male Hysteria - Focused on <Yaraya Tuz Basmak> Eunkyung OH (Dongduk Women's Univ.) The purpose of the study named "War, Nation, Male Hysteria" is to introduce and understand what is the relationship between war and nation and male hysteria. Also it shows recognition of Turkish soldiers who participated in the Korean War. "Yaraya Tuz Basmak" is a novel written by a Turkish soldier participating in the Korean War as part of the UN army. This work is of the utmost importance in Turkish literature as "War Literature" which includes the meaning of documentary literature and the value of comparative literature. It is also meaningful that it shows the understanding and anti-war thought of Turkish soldiers. When we think about the political situation in Turkey at that time, if someone criticized dispatching of Turkish forces to Korea, they could secretly loose their right to live, so the worth of this novel is very clear. Turkish soldier volunteered to Korean War with idealistic point of view as an army, however when he returned to home country he lost his sexual ability because of aftereffect of war. He became a male hysteria to be against logos of name of the father. His symptoms treated not by his lover but by Suat who were landlady of pension he stayed for a hiding place because of political reason. Suat has a feminity that he need for. That was a function of sexual mother. In the patriarchal system, only masculinity with the name of logos has gotten importance. However, there is the men who are against oppression of the system, who are male hysterias. According to the writer, these people have a power to change the world. The writer's understanding of the war and anti-war thought is coming from psychoanalysis point of view. And also he criticizes the war as useless ideology and the split within the symbolic world.